Employee Relations Consultant at RB

What will you do?

• A position of Employee Relations Consultant exists in Santam. This role may be based at Head Office Tygervalley or Alice Lane Sandton and reports directly to the Head, Employee Relations & HR Governance.

Key Responsibilities

Provide sound Employee Relations

• Provide a consultancy and advisory service to HR and Line managers on employee relations matters any aspect of employment law or policy that impacts the employment relationship
• Identify, communicate and mitigate legal, financial and reputational risk to Santam by ensuring fair outcomes
• Formulate policies, procedures and practices aligned to labour legislation, court precedents, collective agreements as required
• Management of collective bargaining with the Union/s on behalf of the Company to ensure effective negotiation and consultation on employee relations matters
• Analysis of employee data to assess ER trends and reporting and providing feedback to the HR leadership and Santam Senior Management team
• Representing Santam at external dispute resolution forums (eg. CCMA) on individual and collective ER matters
• Ensure advice provided to HRBP team and line are in line with agreed SLA
• Facilitate the up skilling of HRBP’s and other key stakeholders on latest employee relations and legislative changes
• Communicate and implement the latest SA Labour legislation ensuring compliance by all stakeholders

Employee Relations Reporting

• Implement and maintain a comprehensive ER administration system,
• Maintain an electronic library of all Santam employee relations cases for referral

Stakeholder Relations

• Build and maintain effective relationships with HRBP team, Santam management, trade union and external partners
• Ensure that stakeholders are supported in their communication, consultation and negotiations including managerial staff restructuring and redundancy processes
• Manage ad hoc projects that are aligned to the annual priorities and HR strategy

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (HRM or Labour Law)
• Post graduate degree in Human resources (Employee relations majors)
• Admitted attorney specialising in Employment Law

Knowledge And Experience

• Knowledge of all applicable labour legislation in South Africa
• At least 5 years’ experience and knowledge of Employee Relations (including CCMA rules, processes and cases)
• Experience in engaging with key business and external partners across all levels (including senior levels)
• Project management experience
• Ability to travel regularly.

Qualification And Experience

• Degree or Diploma and required Certification with 4 to 6 years related experience.

Knowledge And Skills

• Manage employee relations process
• HR legislation and governance to assist with risk mitigation
• Data analytics and MIS reporting
• Settlement Negotiations
• Settlement Package Preparation

Personal Attributes

• Courage - Contributing through others
• Manages conflict - Contributing through others
• Manages ambiguity - Contributing through others
• Decision quality - Contributing through others